title: The human homologue of the ninjurin gene maps to the candidate region of hereditary sensory neuropathy type I (HSNI).
abstract: The human ninjurin gene was isolated from a cDNA library enriched for transcripts from band 9q22. A 1.2-kb message was detected for ninjurin in all human tissues studied. The full-length sequence codes for a putative 152-amino-acid protein with 89% identity to the rat ninjurin protein. The mouse homologue was isolated and showed 98% amino acid identity to the rat protein. Mapping by FISH localized mouse ninjurin to mouse chromosome 13, a region that shows synteny with human chromosome 9q22. Genomic characterization of the human gene revealed four exons covering less than 10 kb. The map position of the human gene is between the genetic markers D9S196 and D9S197 on human chromosome band 9q22. This places the gene within the candidate regions for the degenerative neurological disorder hereditary sensory neuropathy type I and the cancer predisposition syndrome multiple self-healing squamous epitheliomata.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Analysis of Mammalian Mutation, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Chadwick
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Obermayr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sheer
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Frischauf
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005819:Genetic Markers; D009477:Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005819:Genetic Markers; C484438:NINJ1 protein, human; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; C484439:Ninj1 protein, mouse